Immigrants'Settlements of the Asuka Period in Western Hokuriku Region from the Viewpoints of Cooking Vessels, Pit Building Structures, and Village Management

• Published in: Nihon Kokogaku(Journal of the Japanese Archaeological Association) Vol. 14; no. 23; pp. 67 - 88
• Main Author: Mochizuki, Seiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 20.05.2007
• Subjects: immigrant cooking vessel, pit building structure, operation of newly developed village; Kofun Period; western part of Hokuriku
• ISSN: 1340-8488; 1883-7026
• DOI: 10.11215/nihonkokogaku1994.14.67

In the 7th century, villages with newly developed traits were formed in the Echizen / Kaga region, around less developed areas such as alluvial fans and plateaus. Whereas villages in the former half of the 7th century consisted of cooking vessels made with traditional techniques, immigrant cooking vessels originated in northern Kinai regions such as Omi and Tanba, or in the Korean Peninsula emerged mainly in newly developed villages during the mid-7th to early 8th centuries. Therefore, it can be said that these newly developed villages are immigrant villages. In this article, the origin of these immigrants (honganchi) and aspects of village formation were examined based on immigrant cooking vessels and styles of pit buildings. As a result, it was observed that each village consisted of a single lineage group, rather than a mixture originating from Omi, Tanba, and the Korean Peninsula. Also, it was concluded that a plateau village and an alluvial fan village are the typical newly developed villages, and the former was characterized as a manual industry type village which was operated together with manual industry villages in hilly areas, and the latter was a farming developmental village for promotion of large agriculture. Whereas the former village type was mainly organized by immigrants from Korea, the latter was organized by immigrants from Tanba and Omi in northern Kinai. It was understood that selection and distribution of immigrants were conducted according to the purpose of development.